Stars in a Time Warp

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I've owned my quilt shop since 1990, specializing in antique reproduction fabrics. Made my first quilt in 1976 which greatly reduced my sewing of clothing! Would like to find more time to SEW.......maybe when I retire? Am married to a farmer, have 3 children and 4 grandchildren who are the light of my life!!!

Ann Robinson Bedcover
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This bedcover is one of the earliest quilts in the Shelburne Museum
collection, and is on the cover of the book Enduring Grace, Quilts from the
Shelburn...

3 years ago

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Starting Another Quilt, tea-dyeing and my Fourth GIVEAWAY!!!!!!

As if I need yet another quilt to work on, I just started one! Was eager to use History Repeated (1 and 2) by Julie Hendrickson for Windham.......a lovely line of browns/blues and shirtings........gorgeous fabric will speak to us that way, doesn't it!! Decided on 9-patch (6") alternating with plain squares from the same line. Note: I have already replaced 3 of the alternating squares because they were too light......do I ever not do that? Seems that with every quilt, I find something I do not like and just have to change it......better to do it now at this stage than wait until it is ready for quilting! Might not happen if I had a design wall but I don't have the wall space! Then, I decided to throw in some blocks other than 9-patches......log cabin, sawtooth star, 36 patch so far. Then I decided to throw in plain block "surprises" of unrelated fabric.

Another project I am working on is my Take-Along Hexagons that I am hand-piecing. Some of the lovely fabrics I chose had backgrounds that were just too stark white for me so I tried tea-dyeing three of them. As you can see below, it just took the edge off the starkness and I think I will like them better!!

Also working on this medallion quilt from Fons & Porter Love of Quilting magaxine (will be a Very Long Term project!). The first border is on the Hewson vase panel, a brown background from the Seneca Falls collection by Brackman/Thompson. Had a hard time deciding on the next plain blue border.......Then, will get into more interesting pieced borders!!

I lined up these choices......next time I will show you what I choose!!! What would you have chosen?

And Finally, the Giveaway box that is full to the brim.....weighs 5# 10 oz which translates to over 20 yards (using 4 oz per yard estimate)!!! Most pieces are full width of fabric (40" - 44") and less than 6" length. I use 6" strips to make cute little bundles of scraps to sell in my shop......anything less than that goes into the scrap Box. For years I saved them but I have more than I could ever use! Wish there were some way I could estimate how many miles of rotary- cutting I have done in the past 30 years!All you have to do is leave a comment on my blog and you will be included in my drawing..........I will announce the winner on Friday Nov 15. Regret to say that I will be able to ship to USA only since the overseas postage increased so much this year!